Electric car makers seek cut in batteries’ GST from 28% to 12%
Ahead of the GST Council's next meeting on Saturday, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has called for reducing the GST of...
Audi aims 800,000 electric and hybrid car sales in 2025
German automobile giant Audi plans to sell 800,000 battery-electric and hybrid powered cars in 2025, as it seeks to catch up with electric car...
StoreDot and BP demo EV battery charging in five minutes
StoreDot and its partner BP demonstrated a live, full-charge of a two-wheel electric vehicle (EV) in five minutes.
The electric scooter equipped with StoreDot’s charging battery demonstrated that...
Grinntech to set up EV battery manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu
Grinntech has signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu state government to set up a battery and battery management system manufacturing facility in Tamil...
Indonesia to offer $5,000 subsidy to electric car buyers
Indonesia’s government plans to offer a subsidy of more than $5,000 on sale of electric car, Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said.
It will also...
General Motors to launch a new EV at $30,000 by 2017
General Motors is planning to launch a new electric car by 2017 that can pose substantial competition for Tesla and Nissan.
The concept car named...
Smartron invests in Volta Motors to develop electric vehicles
Smartron, a provider of IoT solutions, announced that it will invest in Volta Motors, a Chennai based automotive start-up company that is designing and...
India market for electric vehicles to grow at 77% during 2017-25
India market for electric vehicles is anticipated to increase at a 77 percent CAGR in valuation terms all through the conjecture period between 2017 to...
Volkswagen to invest $800 mn to build electric vehicle in Tennessee
Volkswagen will be investing $800 million to build a new electric vehicle at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The German automaker said in an announcement...
BEV growth to pose challenge and opportunity on energy sales
Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) sales is expected to grow from 1.3 percent in 2018 to 16.4 percent in 2029, creating an Electric Vehicle (EV)...